July 03, 2025
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Yorkville celebrates end of summer with Hometown Days Festival

By Shaw Local News Network

"Freya", a golden retriever leaps off the dock to catch a toy thrown by owner Lynn Riskedal of Minneapolis, while her sister Nancy Barnes of Serena looks on, during Hometown Days at Beecher Park in Yorkville on Sunday, Sep. 4, 2022. (Steven Buyansky for Shaw Local/Steven Buyansky for Shaw Media)

Yorkville and Kendall County area residents of all ages enjoyed the Hometown Days Festival, the city’s annual end-of-summer community celebration, in Beecher Community Park off Game Farm Road over the Labor Day weekend.

The festival, which opened Thursday and closed Sunday, featured a carnival, live music, craft show, car show and, of course, the Ultimate Air Dogs, a long-time festival favorite. Steven Buyansky captured these images from the fest for the Record Newspapers.

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Hometown Days Declan Hansen, 4 of Montgomery can't hold back his excitement on the Baja Buggy ride, but his cousin Caleb Dyer, 8 of Oswego seemed less then thrilled during Hometown Days at Beecher Park in Yorkville on Sunday, Sep. 4, 2022. (Steven Buyansky for Shaw Local/Steven Buyansky for Shaw Media)